Chapter 46
The most important thing right now was getting a phone.
Samantha barely had time to think about it before her emotions overwhelmed her again. Tears welled up in her eyes, spilling down her face as frustration and helplessness washed over her. Her mind was a chaotic mess, torn between logic and despair.
Even though she knew what she needed to do, she felt utterly incapable of handling it on her own.
Sheeded someone—sonte she could leanen.
She thought of Leonardo but quickly dismissed that idea. Without her phone, there was no way she could teach him.
mployee badge, she en
couldn’t even step inside. That was why she’d always
Evergreen Corporation had tight security–she’d noticed it before when she’d visited the company. Without an employee waited for Leonardo at the entrance.
Me–nwhile, Leonardo had called Samantha more times than he could count. He ended the call with a hardened expression “Umbellovable, I can’t belove she stood me up!”
He’d never experienced anything like this before. No one had ever made plans with him and then vanished into thin air. Did she think he was a fool?
“This is ridiculous. I can’t believe I’m wasting my time on this woman” Frustration simmered in his voice as he blocked her number. If she thought she could just ignore him, so be it. She could stay one.
with that Leonarda rose from his eat and left the restaurant
Samantha led for a long while before she finally managed to pull herself together. Sniffing, she pushed herself off the ground and limped toward the main road. It took a while before she was able to flag down a cab
The driver took one look at her battered state and asked, “Are you going to the hospital?”
“No Take me to the sales office at Creekside Residential.”
The driver gave her a skeptical glance through the rearview mirror.” Are you going to buy a house in this state?
“I don’t have any monty.”
That earned her another look
Samantha explaited, “But my friend does, I pay for the fare:
Satisfied with that answer, the driver palled onto the road and headed toward the destination.
Samantha got out of the cab and limped into the sales office at Creekside Residentials.
A sales representative immediately approached, but upon seeing her disheveled appearance, they stopped in their tracks and stared.
The sales representation had seen all kinds of people come to buy a house, but it was rare to see someone so sheveled
“Samantha)” Before Samantha could say anything, Layla spotted her from across the room. “What the hell happened to you? Who did this? I go beat them up right now?” Layla was already rolling up her sleeves. Used in hot sleek sales uniform–a titted blazer, a short skirt, and heels–she still managed to gre of a powerful presence. Samandia held Layla luck the knew they wear no match for Matthew, and she diar’t want to drag Layla to this.
T’s line. I just slipped and tell.”
*Y qui export agar to beliew that?”
i’d done something wong Layla sighed. “ine Come with me to the beak room. I’ll clean up your injuries.”
“Layla…….” Samantha’s voice cracked, and as Layla helped her walk, she broke down in her ass, gripping bet itjen tightly. “I don’t have any money to the cab. The driver’s still outside, waiting for me to pay him.”
“Wait here. I’ll take care of Layla marched outside, paid the deer, and was back in a minute. She guided Samantha wand the beak room like a concerned mother,
care
Once they made it inside, Samantha wiped at he tear–attraked tare and asked, “Layla, can I borrow your pho? Leonardo called me, but I missed his calls.”
“Of course. 11’s just a call. Don’t worry, you can just call him back“
“He called like 15 times.*
“Olu Than’s not good.”
Chapter 47
Samantha was well aware that she was screwed. But at this point, all she could do was t
Loyda handed Samantha her phone. “Call him and explain. Maybe you still have a chance.”
Samantha took the phone and quickly tried to take off the case to access the SIM card slot. However, without a pin, she almost broke her nail. Her e welled up in her eyes again
“Layla, I can’t open it. ”
emotions got the best of her, and tear
“It’s day Calm down.”
Samantha on the verge of another meltdown, Layla started searching the room frantically. After rummaging through drawers, she finally found a toothpick from an old takeout order. use this ”
The two fumbled with it for a while, but eventually, they managed to In Samantha’s SIM card into Layla’s phone
od wasting a second, Samantha opened WhatsApp and tried to call Lonardo. However, the call wouldn’t go through. antha’s heart clenched. She cried again and again, only to get the same result. Then, she looked up at Layla helplessly. “Layla is your phone broken?”
“Maybe you’ve been blocked,” Layla replied. Samantha stared at her, starned “I mean, that’s usually what happens when you’re blocked.”
The two of them stared at each other, both surprised that Leonardo would do something like that.
Layla let out an award chuckde. “Wow, that’s land of petry”
Samantha looked at her with teary eyes, “What do I do now, Layla?”
“Why don’t you use my number to call him? Since he doesn’t know my number, it definitely won’t be blocked.”
“You’re right.” Samantha had added him using his phone number, so i was saved in her contacts list. As she looked for Leonardo’s number, she noticed several unsad messages “I’m already at the restaurant. When will you be here?”
“What’s going on? Where are you?
“How much longer do I have to wait?”
“Why are you under the radar again? What’s your excuse this time?”
“You’re the first p
person to ever standing up.”
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“If you don’t show up, then don’t ever bother again
“Do you think you’re a little too full of yourself, Samandu?”
Samantic repeated Leonardo’s last message in her head Shelter and her eyes mister. She hadn’t want for any of this to happen. She was hurt and in pain, and she had tried so
“What’s wrong, Samantha Layla’s ruice pullother back to reality “Go on, call him,”
Samantha stared at the screen for a long moment before slowly shaking hot head “No Forget it. He probably don’t want to hear from me.”
“How will you know if you don’t cry?!
“I was never that important to hilig in the first place. And now that I’ve stood him up, he’s blocked me. That means he doesn’t want anything to do with ine. It I call him now, it’ll just make things wolje
“Not only will he refuse to help, but he might also tell D. red not to help me either I’ll just make everything mous complicated.*
“You do have a poliut ‘
“I think.. I should just leave him alone.”
